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2024–25 European North Basketball League

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European North Basketball League
Season2024–25
Duration17 September 2024 – 9 April 2025
Teams18
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Isaiah Cousins
Records
Biggest home winCSO Voluntari 113–64 Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits
(7 January 2025)
Biggest away winKeila Coolbet 48–82 Bakken Bears
(15 October 2024)
Highest scoringBrno 101–103 Inter Bratislava
(15 October 2024)
Winning streak8 games
Inter Bratislava
Losing streak7 games
Keila Coolbet

2024–25 European North Basketball League is the fourth season of the European North Basketball League, a regional basketball competition patronized by FIBA.

Teams

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Record-breaking 18 teams will participate in 2024–25 season. For the first time in leagues history, previous season champions Bakken Bears will return to defend their championship.[1]

This season will mark the debut of the teams from Germany, Norway and Slovakia.[2][3][4]

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. – positions in national championships.
  • TH - Title holder
Regular season[5]
Denmark Bakken Bears (1st)TH United Kingdom Newcastle Eagles (4th) Romania Dinamo București (7th) Germany Bamberg Baskets (11th)
Czech Republic Opava (5th) United Kingdom Bristol Flyers (7th) Slovakia Spišski Rytieri (2nd) Latvia Valmiera Glass ViA (6th)
Czech Republic Brno (6th) Poland Legia Warszawa (5th) Slovakia Inter Bratislava (7th) Netherlands Donar (3rd/4th)
Estonia Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits (2nd) Poland Dziki Warsaw (10th) Bulgaria Spartak Pleven (4th) Norway Fyllingen Lions (1st)
Estonia Keila Coolbet Romania CSO Voluntari (3rd)

Format

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18 teams are divided into two groups of nine teams each for the regular season. The draw for the regular season groups took place on July 24.[6]

Clubs are guaranteed eight games in the main tournament – four at home and four away. The top four teams from each group will qualify for the playoffs (A1-B4, A2-B3, A3-B2, A4-B1). The winners of the quarterfinals will be determined by the sum of two games, with the second game being played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. The Final Four will take place in April 2025.[7]

Regular season

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EAG VOL DZI VAL OPA TAR DON SPA SPI
1 United Kingdom Newcastle Eagles 8 7 1 643 572 +71 15 Advance to Playoffs 84–80 84–69 67–63 75–61
2 Romania CSO Voluntari 8 6 2 778 625 +153 14 103–83 83–84 113–64 104–80
3 Poland Dziki Warsaw 8 6 2 695 614 +81 14 70–79 85–73 95–79 102–70
4 Latvia Valmiera Glass ViA 8 6 2 719 668 +51 14 87–84 96–97 81–78 93–69
5 Czech Republic BK Opava 8 5 3 650 674 −24 13 67–88 68–83 88–86 83–68
6 Estonia Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 8 2 6 611 694 −83 10 58–79 65–79 83–101 80–86
7 Netherlands Donar 8 2 6 634 661 −27 10 83–89 70–89 87–84 88–68
8 Bulgaria Spartak Pleven 8 1 7 633 738 −105 9 80–118 77–98 89–104 75–85
9 Slovakia Spišskí Rytieri 8 1 7 639 756 −117 9 84–91 89–92 91–87 88–99
Source: enbleague.eu

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification INT BAM LEG BAK BRI BRN DIN KEI FYL
1 Slovakia Inter Bratislava 8 8 0 731 690 +41 16 Advance to Playoffs 88–83 89–83 94–79 90–88
2 Germany Bamberg Baskets 8 7 1 677 577 +100 15 87–81 90–70 93–78 84–58
3 Poland Legia Warsaw 8 6 2 687 637 +50 14 73–87 88–79 80–72 102–72
4 Denmark Bakken Bears 8 4 4 665 609 +56 12 81–87 83–72 89–92 83–65
5 United Kingdom Bristol Flyers 8 4 4 637 632 +5 12 80–84 69–79 79–86 76–58
6 Czech Republic Brno 8 3 5 664 690 −26 11 101–103 71–84 89–93 68–72
7 Romania Dinamo București 8 2 6 649 693 −44 10 95–96 88–91 68–79 105–89
8 Estonia Keila Coolbet 8 1 7 602 681 −79 9 48–82 77–82 91–94 86–92
9 Norway Fyllingen Lions 8 1 7 600 703 −103 9 60–74 70–87 76–86 73–91
Source: enbleague.eu

Playoffs

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Each tie in the quarter-finals phase will be played over two legs. The winning teams will qualify for the Final Four tournament.

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Newcastle Eagles United Kingdom 177–160 Denmark Bakken Bears 84–87 93–73
CSO Voluntari Romania 197–168 Poland Legia Warsaw 95–81 102–87
Bamberg Baskets Germany 165–167 Poland Dziki Warsaw 74–95 91–72
Inter Bratislava Slovakia 190–162 Latvia Valmiera Glass ViA 105–83 85–79

Final Four

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The 2025 Final Four will take place in Gopass Arena, Bratislava on April 8–9.[8][9]

 
SemifinalsChampionship game
 
      
 
8 April
 
 
Slovakia Inter Bratislava
 
9 April
 
Romania CSO Voluntari
 
 
 
8 April
 
 
 
United Kingdom Newcastle Eagles
 
 
Poland Dziki Warsaw
 
Third place game
 
 
9 April
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semifinals

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Home teamScoreAway team
Inter Bratislava SlovakiaRomania CSO Voluntari
Newcastle Eagles United KingdomPoland Dziki Warsaw


Awards

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All official awards of the 2024–25 European North Basketball League.

Season awards

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Award Player Team Ref.
Regular season MVP United States Isaiah Cousins Slovakia Inter Bratislava [10]
Defensive Player of the Year United States Dontay Caruthers Slovakia Inter Bratislava [11]

References

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  1. ^ Return of the Champions: welcome, Bakken Bears Aarhus
  2. ^ Noviks, Māris (2024-06-10). "Norwegian champions join the parade: welcome, Fyllingen Basket!". ENBL. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  3. ^ Noviks, Māris (2024-06-07). "First team from Slovakia: welcome, Inter Bratislava!". ENBL. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  4. ^ Noviks, Māris (2024-07-02). "Knights from the High Tatras: welcome, Spišski Rytieri!". ENBL. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  5. ^ Osborne, Joel (2024-07-22). "ENBL 2024/25 line-up confirmed". Bristol Flyers. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  6. ^ 18 teams from 12 countries: ENBL regular season groups revealed
  7. ^ Eiropas Ziemeļu līgai pievienojas deviņkārtējā Vācijas čempione
  8. ^ "2025 playoffs: full schedule revealed". enbleague.eu. February 11, 2025. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
  9. ^ "Bratislava to host 2025 ENBL Glasora Final Four". enbleague.eu. March 21, 2025. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  10. ^ "Isaiah Cousins – 2025 ENBL MVP". enbleague.eu. February 20, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  11. ^ "Dontay Caruthers – Defensive Player of the Year". enbleague.eu. February 18, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
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